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Archive 2011 · PW shoe broke

  
 
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p.1 #1 · PW shoe broke


I broke the shoe of a Pocket Wizard Plus 2. If you turn a PW over and look at the shoe, it has a seem in the middle of the plastic shoe. I cracked one side off. The other side is still intact. I am wondering if I re-attach the broken piece of plastic with glue, what kind of glue should I use to join the plastic?


Apr 13, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Richard Nye
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p.1 #2 · PW shoe broke


Cyanoacrylate (super glue) would work well. You can get the adhesive with different viscosities in case you need to fill gaps or not.


Apr 13, 2011 at 03:02 PM
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p.1 #3 · PW shoe broke


I seem to have a white super glue. The label fell off.


Apr 13, 2011 at 06:49 PM
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p.1 #4 · PW shoe broke


I called PW and they will fix it for around $60. The way it broke off was not glueable.


Jan 23, 2012 at 08:50 PM
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p.1 #5 · PW shoe broke


The shoe is a easy fix once you remove the rear cover. Replacement shoes can be bought on Ebay for $20 or you may even can call PW and ask for the parts department.


Jan 24, 2012 at 04:30 PM
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p.1 #6 · PW shoe broke


It seems like an entire half of the case is "the shoe".


Jan 24, 2012 at 10:33 PM
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p.1 #7 · PW shoe broke


Here is a link to replace the PW shoe

http://askthephotographer.com/2008/01/16/how-to-replace-a-pocketwizard-hot-shoe-mount/



Jan 24, 2012 at 11:23 PM
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p.1 #8 · PW shoe broke


Thank you, hammer. I can probably fix it myself. I just called the PW folks; 914.347.3300. They have a new part number for the shoe for the PW+2. Here it is; LPF037A. They wanted $6.00 for UPS and would not send it USPS, so they are sending me three shoes for one price plus UPS fee. That is service, my friends.
Update; I just got my parts and I assembled the shoe easily enough. There is a small plastic part with two holes that falls out as you unscrew the upper left screw. That part will extend slightly out of the case, upon reassembly. You will see that the one hole is out for the strap.



Jan 25, 2012 at 12:23 AM





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